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HORNINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horniness mean?
• HORNINESS (noun)
The noun HORNINESS has 1 sense:
1. a state of sexual arousal
Familiarity information: HORNINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of sexual arousal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("horniness" is a kind of...):
sexual arousal (the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
horny (feeling great sexual desire)
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